Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	114% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	352% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '18 at 20:36
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 130 2-Core 216 86% 147 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 695 65% 543 Pts	64-Core 734 45% 734 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8593) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 152 Reflection 159 Parallax 138 124% 150 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 147 Splatting 117 104% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 415GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1853 1760 2041 2031 2010 2006 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	352% Outstanding	Read 2,701 Write 2,157 Mixed 1,375 SusWrite 1,950 458% 2,046 MB/s	4K Read 55.8 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 73 265% 97.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,043 DQ Write 885 DQ Mixed 945 713% 958 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 352% Great: 393%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 161GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 316 313 312 311 310 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 466 Mixed 374 SusWrite 329 93% 412 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 61.4 208% 74.4 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 351 261% 344 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 111GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 132 132 132 132 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Read 435 Write 133 Mixed 190 SusWrite 132 49% 223 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 38.2 151% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 89.6 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 110 84% 111 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 75%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 169 157 167 169 170 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 158 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 167 101% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 6 4K Mixed 0.7 235% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 113%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 266GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 128 133 139 136 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Read 131 Write 124 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 134 74% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	MC Read 34.8 MC Write 37.1 MC Mixed 32 99% 34.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 37.7 SC Mixed 28.8 82% 28.8 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 106%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,551x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	596x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	890x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	439x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	313x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	344x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $972

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $183	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16